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Check here for the latest information about Sharjah Art Foundation’s activities and programming. Find announcements for exhibitions and events as well as details of local and international collaborations. Learn about upcoming opportunities such as artist residencies, the Production Programme Open Call and other projects supported by SAF. In addition, look for reflections on SAF programming by the foundation’s team and other writers.

Sharjah Art Foundation, in partnership with the U.S. Consulate General Dubai, the Smithsonian Institution and the Sharjah Museums Authority, and with the support of the UAE Ministry of Culture and Knowledge Development, held a professional development programme about audience engagement on 22 and 23 April 2019.

In celebration of the ongoing major solo exhibition Frank Bowling: Mappa Mundi [Map of the World], a limited edition print of the artist’s work is now available for purchase at Sharjah Art Foundation’s shops.

Sharjah’s newly rebuilt Africa Hall will open on September 25, 2018, and will serve as a venue for conferences, symposia, lectures, film screenings and stage plays related to activities of the Africa Institute and as a meeting place for the larger community of Sharjah and the UAE.

In collaboration with Sharjah Art Foundation, The Irish Museum of Modern Art is presenting Sunset, Sunrise, a major retrospective of the work of renowned artist Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian on 10 August 2018.